Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1887-05-12
LIQUOR LEGISLATION.
A Bill Passed for the Appointment of
a State Constabulary.-- Terms
Under Which Druggists
Nav Sell.
Other Legislative Matters.

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house. The only amendmentsof significance
| to this bill require the state marshall to
divide the state into districts and to allow
| the deputy marshals to act in any county.
| The idea is to give these deputy marshals
| rowing commissions similar to those of
| United States revenue officers, to look
after druggists and saloonkeepers and
promptly bring them to punishment for
any infraction'of the law.
The house has devoted several days to
| the consideration of the liquor tax law,
and this question is still the all-important
one before that body. The amendments
to the tax bill already adopted fix Il uni
wholesale dealers, who are to pay $500 a
year. One of the principal questions I'M
der debate was the one relating to drug
| gists. Several amendments were Of
fered and rejected, but one was adopted
! which forbids druggists to sell liquor to
minors, intoxicated persons or persons
addicted TO intoxication, or to any person
whom the husband, wife parent, guardian
or township official may forbid, or to sell
| by the drink or glass in soda fountains or
in any other decoctiOn, under penalties of
fines from SlC0 to 500 with costs, and i'm
prisonment of from ninety days to one
| year for q first offenso, and for the second
| ofienSe to lie absolutely debarred from
compound or otherwise, for a period of
five years. The bonds required Of a drug
| gist are S2,OO0
The evidence taken by the trustees Of
the state public school at Coldwater was
entrusted to Senator Westgate. He left
| IL locked in his desk in the senate chamber,
and when he wanted to use IL his desk had
been opened and part of the evidence
taken. The aiiidavits of Miss Miller, Miss
| Dixon and Miss Watson, which were sepa-
rate from the rest, and which were the
most important of all, were overlooked
and still remain in hi5 possession.
Gov. Luce has approved of the act
creating a new jury commission OF eleven
persons for Wayne county. The members
of the jury commission at present, four
in number, hold over. They are James M.
Welch, w. $. Morey, Alanson Shelley and
George NJ. Henry of Canton. The new
commissioners appointed by the governor
are T.. G. Sherwood of Plymouth; David
Fry, Levi l.. Barbour and James l.. Edison
of Detroit. for six years; Walter III. Coots
and Frank Bleser of Detroit, four years,
and Lyman A. Brant of Detroit for two
years.
Gov. Luce has appointed the following
board of visitors TO the Michigan military
academy at Orchard Lake; Luther $.
Trowbridge,, Detr oit;; Henry Seymour,
tee; A. J. Aldrich, Coldwater; Elliott q.
Stevenson Port Huron.
The bill of Mr.. Oviatt to restore the
penalty of death by hanging for the crime
| of murder, was discussed in the senate a
few days ago. Messrs. Westgate and w.
|. Babcock favored the bill and Deyo and
Fox opposed it. A motion by Mr.. Gid
dings to strike out all after the enacting
clause prevailed. A motion TO reconsider
! the action was laid upon the table upon
motion of MIR. Palmer, b. vote of yeas
| 10, nays II. The measure is, therefore,
irrevocably lost for this session.
Senator Moons bill in reference to
| specific taxes from mining companies has
passed the senate. A compromise was
| made whereby the state is to receive four
| fifths, and the counties from whence the
| tax is derived, one fifth. This is one of
the best measures yet devised for increas-
| ing the revenue OF the state, and credit Is
due Senator Moon for successfully carry
ing it through Many measures have been
passed to deplete the treasury. This is
about the only one TO relieve in any de-
gree the burdens of the taxpayer. The
new law will give TO the state Sl20,OO an
nually.
Gov. Luce has appointed Daniel l.. Case
| of Lansing a member of the board OF con-
troll of the school for the blind, vice James
| nj. Turner, whose term OF Office has ex-
| pired.
A motion by Mr.. Hubbell to reconsider
| the vote upon the house concurrent reso-
luton for an investigation of the Cold
| water public school was lost in the senate.
| Specific charges against the management
of the school and the action of the board
| of control, signed by senators j. w. Bah
cock and Deyo, were offered in the shape
! of a preamble and resolutions. IL Is said
| that the house will order an investigation
independently, If the senate does not CO.
operate.
The speaker has appointed to the COM
mittee places made vacant by Mr. Dakin's
| expulsion: public lands, Mr.. Wilson; re
form school, Mr.. Baumgardner; rules and
joint rules, Mr.. s. Baker.
The bill to increase the salaries of the
supreme court Judges to $1,000 year was
considered in the house several weeks ago,
and all after the enacting clause was struck
out. Since then considerable quiet work
! has been done in favor of an increase, and
| a few days ago advantage was taken Of
the enacting clause and title to make an
other test OF the sense of the house. A
bill was reported with the salary fixed at
| s., 900 and in this form it passed. The bill
passed the senate by avote of 81 to 3.
The bill to provide all pupils in district
schools with school books at the public ex
pense failed to pass in the house.
The bill of Mr.. Houk OF Oceana to place
ut either end and in the middle of all pas
senger cars racks to hold glass grenade
fire extinguishers failed of passage in the
house.
The senate has passed a bin for the in
corporation OF companies for the purpose
Of buying and selling brood animals.
The question of an investigation of the
state public school occupied the attic ntion
nff ln gnr1 IN hn oil Iay han, l<.,
and acrimonious debate over the house
resolution occurred The resolution for
an investigation was defeated, but it is
probable that the matter will be brought
up again.
The house has passed new bill regulat-
ing the trial OF actions for damages arising
from negligence. 1t provides that in all
actions for damages for injuries to person
or property, arising from the alleged neg
ligence of the defendant, it shall not be
necessary for the plaintiff to allege or
prove an absence Of contributOry negli-
gence OF the plaintiff unless the defendant
shall with his plea give notice of such de-
Tense, and in such notice shall state sub
stantially the facts upon which he intends
to rely to constitute such defense.
The house has passed a bill providing
that IL the life OF any person shall be lost
by the carelessness or neglect or any rail-
roads or other corporations or any of their
employees, the widow, heir or legal repre-
sentative OF such person shall be entitled
to bring suit for damages in each and
every such case of neglect or carelessness,
and 10 recover damages before any court
of competent juri diction: Provided,
That where such loss oflife occurs upon any
railroad passenger car or other car used
TO carry passengers, the disfguring of the
corpse By fire originating upon such car
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